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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mid_horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' M...
5: ...33), at [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother was alive at the time, but who wou...
7: ...on of his royal house, would listen to such a proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Franci...
11: ...he Guises, and entered upon a course of secret opposition. On [[April 1]], [[1560]] she named as chanc...
15: ...e]], and found before her a career worthy of the most soaring ambition. She was then forty-one years o... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
12: ...s of Religion]] in [[1562]]. Antoine de Bourbon chose to support the Catholics, but was mortally wound...
14: ...m here she conducted peace negotiations, and in [[1570]] official talks began to marry Henry to the king... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ... the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scot...
17: ...ng loss to the English at the [[Battle of Solway Moss]]. In [[Falkland Palace]], her father heard of t...
19: ...her mother, who strongly opposed the marriage proposition, went into hiding in [[Stirling Castle]], wh...
31: ...y tried to change the agreement so that he could possess Mary years before the marriage was to take pl...
33: ...her such actions. It lasted until June [[1551]], costing over half a million pounds and many lives. In... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...ate the globe; [[Francis Bacon]] laid out his philosophical and political views; and English colonisat...
16: ...that time and was also declared illegitimate and lost the title of princess. Thereafter she was addres...
18: ...n referred to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth and remained her con...
25: ...ed the throne, but was [[Deposition_(politics)|deposed]] less than two weeks later. Armed with popular...
27: ... Lady Elizabeth to succeed rather than her next-closest relative, [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Stuart]], ... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
1: ... ceiling of the [[Sistine Chapel]] is one of the most famous works of art in the world.]]
5: ...#256;ḏām in [[Tiberian Hebrew]], and آدم (ʾĀdam) in [[Arabic lang...
13: ...ch means "red earth"), and God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and gave him dominion ov...
17: ... an unconscious state took one of his ribs, and closed up his flesh again; and of this rib he made a w...
20: ...d was removed from the Garden of Eden, making it possible for [[humanity]] to return to Paradise. - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
29: ...ed to this southern area of Egypt because of the hospitable climate and environment. Now exceptionally...
35: ...ksos]] Semites. They defeated the invaders around 1570 BC and expanded into the [[Aegean]], [[Sudan]], [...
50: ...out in the hot sand. This left the body looking most un-lifelike, and not a very suitable home for th...
52: ...about this substance is that it is highly ''[[hygroscopic]]'': it will draw and absorb moisture. Durin...
64: ...mark on the landscape. For him the greatest and most famous pyramid of all was constructed, the [[Gre... - Influenza (10335 bytes)
4: ...omic burden in the form of health care costs and lost productivity. Major genetic changes in the virus...
12: The A type of influenza virus is the type most likely to cause [[epidemic|epidemics]] and [[pan...
14: ...dentified for influenza B virus. At present, the most common antigenic variants of influenza A virus a...
16: ...et al'' 2004) Examples of the nomenclature are A/Moscow/10/99 (H3N2) and B/Hong Kong/330/2001.
18: ..., is unusually [[virulent]], or is for which the host is unusually unresponsive to treatment. Thus, th... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...became an early "[[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press...
10: ...e and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in the [[Tostrup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 1...
12: ...acrobosco]]'s Tractatus de Sphaera, [[Apianus]]' Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiom...
16: ...he [[arcminute]]. (These measurements became the possessions of Kepler following Tycho's death.)
18: ...the [[skull]] was rimmed with green, a sign of exposure to [[copper]], not silver or gold. - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
8: ...t writer [[Étienne de la Boétie]] whose death in 1563 deeply influenced Montaigne.
10: ...circ;teau de Montaigne, to which he moved back in 1570.
12: ...ymond Sebond]]'s ''Theologia naturalis'', then a posthumous edition of Boétie's works. In 1571 ...
33: ...variety and volatility of human nature to be its most basic features. He describes his own poor memory... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ...rchant" or "marketeer". Educated in [['s-Hertogenbosch]] and at the [[University of Leuven]]. Although...
12: ...He produced more maps and he was appointed Court Cosmographer to [[Duke Wilhelm of Cleve]] in [[1564]]...
15: ...world atlas, ''[[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]]'' in [[1570]]. He produced his own atlas in a number of parts...
22: ...by Gerardus Mercator, Duisburg, 1595; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress. ISBN 1-891... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
53: *[[Agostino Carlini]] (1718 - 1790)
60: *[[Cosimo Cenni]]
66: *[[Rossella Cosentino]]
72: *[[Cameron Cross]] (1963- )
83: *[[Alceo Dossena]] (1878 - 1937) - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...ate of birth are unknown, but [[September 12]], [[1570]] in England seems likely, and he is presumed to ...
3: ...e voyage was paid for by the [[Muscovy Company|''Moscovy Company'']], one of a small number of [[corpo...
5: ...sidered the end of the line, which convinced the Moscovy Company that there was no point funding furth...
17: ... by Hudson of his voyage for the Dutch have been lost, but an account was given by [[Johannes de Laet]... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...], usually of [[steel]], generally mounted upon cross-sectional beams (termed "[[Railroad_tie|sleeper]...
8: ...S. ten cent piece. This is more comfortable than most other forms of land transport and saves energy.
15: ...at has never come close to having receipts equal costs (see [[Transportation in South Korea]]). Simila...
17: ...heir primary goals rather than security, because most trains make many stops, rendering any sort of pa...
26: ...monorail]], [[rubber tired metro|rubber-tyred metros]] and [[maglev]], since the cars also run in a gu... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Islam (36809 bytes)
10: ...m|prophets]], including [[Adam]], [[Abraham]], [[Moses]], and [[Jesus]]. Muslims assert that the main ...
16: ... was built in [[1986]]. It is one of the largest mosques in Asia.]]
40: ...attributes in the sense that Muslims repeat them most frequently during their ritual prayers (called [...
43: Sunni Islam's most fundamental tenets are referred to as the [[Five...
49: ...n a year, with few exemptions, for every Muslim whose wealth exceeds the [[nisab]], and 10% or 20% of ... - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...#1571;َلْقُرآن}} ''al-qur'ān''; its literal meaning...
6: ...g, the Qur'an proceeds to the longest sura, and closes with some of the shortest ones.
16: ...pidly changed in response to this new situation, losing complexities of case and obscure vocabulary. S...
18: ... Qur’an. Translations are considered mere glosses. The traditions governing the translation and ...
20: ...whole text in Arabic, considering that they are closer to God in doing so. - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
2: One of the most popular [[tradition]]s associated with the celeb...
5: ...the renewal of life. In [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[mosaic]]s from what is today [[Tunisia]], showing the...
11: ... [[Vienna]] in [[1816]], and the custom spread across Austria in the following years. In [[France]], t...
15: ... Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Prince Albert]] at [[Osborne House]] was illustrated in English magazines...
17: ...e comment from much of the shopping public). The most common tradition in U.S. homes is to put the tre... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
18: * Settlements at Sagalassos in present-day southwest Turkey are established.
76: ...gration of Central Saharans into [[West Africa]] possibly due to [[climate change]] starting in [[4th ...
77: * [[Djoser]], king of Egypt, commissions the [[Step Pyrami...
104: ...([[21st century BC|2052]]–[[16th century BC|1570 BC]])
112: ''(see also [[Moses]], [[Exodus]], [[Hammurabi]], [[List of Pharaoh...
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